Category: General News

Foodtown on Greenpoint Avenue Likely to Close

Foodtown on Greenpoint Ave.  is likely to close in the next few months. The landlord of the 41-25 Greenpoint Ave. property is searching for a new tenant beginning Oct. 1, according to the listing below. The manager of the Foodtown’s Greenpoint Ave.…

Woodside Woman Who Killed Her Baby Faces 10 years

The Woodside woman who killed her new-born baby by dumping it in the trash faces 10-years in prison and deportation. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced yesterday that Dawa Lama, a 24-year-old woman from 65th Street, who had given birth in a hospital bathroom last May has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for having thrown her infant girl in the trash and leaving the premises without alerting anyone.…

Woodside Man Found Dead at Calvary Cemetery

A Woodside man was found dead at Calvary Cemetery Sunday morning, according to the police. A mourner who was paying his respects to a loved one discovered the man. According to the New York Post, the deceased was lying near a headstone with his pants around his ankles.…

Sun Sets on Sunrise Restaurant

Sunrise Restaurant & Grill, the chicken & ribs eatery that opened in August, has closed. Sunrise, which was located at 41-08 Greenpoint Ave., specialized in BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs as well as buffalo wings and snow crab legs. A sign on the exterior of the restaurant notes that a new Italian eatery,…

Sunnyside To Be One Congressional District

Sunnyside will be all part of one Congressional district this November now that the New York redistricting process has come to end. Presently, the neighborhood is carved up into three sections, with Carolyn Maloney, Nydia Velazquez and Joseph Crowley each representing a segment of it.…

Electric Bike Store to Open On Queens Blvd.

An electric-bike store is opening at 41-27 Queens Blvd., the former location of the Mobile Wireless store.

The store to be called New York City E-Bike is expected to be open soon, with the owner about to change the sign, paint the interior and set up a cash register.…

CBS’ ‘Unforgettable’ to film in Sunnyside

The TV series “Unforgettable” is going to be filming in Sunnyside on Thursday and residents better get ready to move their cars. Unforgettable, a crime/mystery TV series that premiered on CBS last September, will be filming on the 43rd Street (between Queens Blvd through Skillman Ave) and on 43rd Ave (in the 40s).…

Man Sentenced to 12 yrs-to-life After Letting Pitbull Loose On Cop

A 43-year-old Astoria man has been sentenced to twelve years to life prison for assaulting a police officer in August 2010 by ordering a pit bull to attack the officer in an effort to prevent arrest. “The defendant used his pit bull as a four-legged weapon to attack a police officer,” said Queens District attorney Richard Brown. …

Young Israel of Sunnyside Celebrates Purim

Members of Young Israel of Sunnyside, an Orthodox synagogue located on 46th Street (43rd Ave), celebrated the popular annual event of Purim on March 8. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman,…

Street Co-Naming: Winged Fist Way

. Footage: care of George Burles Charles Bacon, gold; Johnny Hayes, gold; Harry Porter, gold; John Flanagan, gold. These men were just four of the 56 Olympic medalists whose names were read on Saturday in commemoration of the Irish American Athletic Club.…